# Clinical Coder - Health Records

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Lanarkshire.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Lanarkshire
- **Location:** University Hospital Wishaw
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical coder
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £29,103 - £31,409
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02T16:00:18.878Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=267719
- **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=267719
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 257308
- Salary: Band 3 (£29,103 - £31,409)
- Job closing date: 09/09/2026
- Job Type: Administrative Services
- Location: University Hospital Wishaw
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 36
- Job posted date: 02/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
- Department: Health Records

### About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

### The Role

You will interpret and translate the clinical records for inpatient, daycase and outpatient episodes into international classifications to form part of a national and local data set ensuring accuracy, consistency and compliance with national standards and definitions and for use within the Electronic Patient Record (EPR)

The working pattern for this role is Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00

In this key role, you will:

- Identify inpatient, daycase and outpatient episodes required to be coded
- Interpretation of clinical records and input of ISD coding terminology using Medicode encoder and International Classification of Diseases (ICD1O) and Office of Population and Censuses Surveys (OPCS4) manuals
- Validation of coding for submission to Information and Statistics Division (ISD), Edinburgh
- Ensure that these records are coded to a high standard and in accordance with National or International standards

What You'll Bring:

- Experience within the NHS dealing with computerised records
- A good knowledge of PAS modules and other systems
- A good knowledge of Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology
- This knowledge should be obtained by completing the relevant ISD training course
- A good knowledge of OPCS4 and ICD10 classifications, gained by completing the official ISD training course

### What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

- Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Karen Hay, Karen.Hay@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on Lynn.Deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

### Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.

## Documents

- [Job Description  (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1192951&JobId=267719)
- [Person Specification (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1192952&JobId=267719)

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